Emir Talut of Shirazid Emirate

Emir Talut of Shirazid Emirate (748-806) was the first emir of the Shirazid Emirate. The son of a Persian father and an Abyssinian, he later founded his own sultanate on Kilwa and proceeded to conquer the Horn of Africa. He was succeeded by his son Emir Ali I of Shirazid Emirate.

Biography
Talut was born in 748, one of the seven sons of a Persian emir and an Abyssinian slave. After his father's death, he was driven out of his inheritance by his warring brothers, so he was forced to flee to the island of Kilwa. He later founded the Shirazid Emirate, which would conquer Somalia and the rest of the Horn of Africa, forming a Muslim dynasty that would reign until 1277.